Council president in hospital

Vice president leads meeting

2:20 PM,
Feb. 14, 2013

Jim Sabel

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The leader of the Fond du Lac City Council has been hospitalized for several weeks after receiving emergency medical care on Jan. 25.

James Sabel, council president, was absent from Wednesday's meeting - possibly his first absence in 10 years of service - and is not expected back in the short-term, City Manager Joe Moore said.

At the start of the meeting, Moore read a statement from Sabel's family that asked people to keep the Council president in their thoughts and prayers. His medical condition was not specified, but Moore said visitors or calls could not be taken at the hospital "until ...